Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA) Best Practice Guidance

3. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
SMETA BPG is used in conjunction with the SMETA Audit Report form and accompanying Corrective Action
Plan Report (CAPR). All are available on the public section of the Sedex website.
Details are:
l SMETA Best Practice Guidance; this document.
l SMETA Report; provides a template for recording audit findings in a standardised format that can be
uploaded into Sedex.
l SMETA Corrective Action Plan Report (CAPR); a template for recording a summary of audit findings,
along with corresponding corrective actions.
l Guide to Pre Audit information, which contains information to be sent to a supplier site before a SMETA
audit.
Additional documents which support the audit process can be found on the member resources of Sedex.
These include:
l Guide to Social Systems Auditor Competencies: - competency requirements for auditors who practice
social audits.
l Non-Compliance Guidance: recommended issue severities and verification methods.
l Corrective Action Guidance: suggested ways in which manufacturing sites may make improvements.
l Supplementary Guidance for Auditing Service Providers.
SMETA Best Practice Guidance (4-Pillar Version 4.0, May 2012)
l SMETA 4-Pillar audits; Environment and Business Practices Assessments: Assessment checks for
Auditors.
l SMETA 4-Pillar audits: Environment and Business Practices Assessments: Guide for Supplier Sites.
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